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A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.
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A Way with Words

A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

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Health

American Lung Association calls for increased radon testing in Pennsylvania

Though testing, screening, and treating lung cancer has improved in Pennsylvania, some residents are at risk of radon exposure, according to a report.

2 years ago

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“Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art features works from the past 10 years that came out of Burks highly collaborative design practice. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Weave Your TV: Stephen Burks’ pandemic design thinking at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

The housewares and sculpture in Stephen Burks’ “Shelter in Place” design exhibition takes cues from the early pandemic shutdown.

2 years ago

Wind turbines
Community

Despite loss of 2 major projects, New Jersey is moving forward with its offshore wind power goals

The state is moving forward with its plans to support and grow the nascent industry.

2 years ago

City Hall in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Reparations Task Force solicits members, plans to officially launch in February

The task force will create a report for City Council on how reparations can ‘atone for the legacy of slavery.’ They hope to start their work in February.

2 years ago

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John ''Johnny Doc'' Dougherty speaks with members of the media
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court Justice’s name surfaces in Johnny Doc’s embezzlement trial

The testimony about Justice Kevin Dougherty came during the federal embezzlement trial of his brother John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty.

2 years ago

Germantown High School building
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A decade after it closed, Germantown High School is set to reopen next year as a mixed-use development

The neighborhood high school closed in 2013 along with nearly two dozen others.

2 years ago

Fire damage at Resorts casino
Community

Officials investigate cause of Atlantic City Boardwalk fire that damaged facade of Resorts casino

Fire Chief Scott Evans said Thursday a cause of the fire had not yet been determined.

2 years ago

Deputy Commissioner Joel Dales
Courts & Law

Philly police go high tech on reporting nuisance businesses

The goal of the effort is to streamline the reporting of nuisance complaints in Philadelphia.

2 years ago

View of 30th Street Station overlooking the Schuylkill River.
Science

Amtrak backs off plan to install natural gas boilers at 30th Street Station

Crediting climate activists and new climate goals, Amtrak reversed its plans to replace a steam system with natural gas boilers.

2 years ago

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Education

Rutgers alums suspend donations citing antisemitism concerns

Marvin and Eva Schlanger contributed regularly to New Jersey’s flagship university. But concerns about the treatment of an Orthodox Jewish law school student raised concerns.

2 years ago

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File photo: A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020.
Health

Eyedrops previously cited in FDA warning recalled by manufacturer

The drops were sold by CVS Health, Target, Rite Aid and other retailers.

2 years ago

Marathon on the parkway
Community
6abc

Here’s everything you need to know for the 2023 Philadelphia Marathon Weekend

From Friday, Nov. 17, through Sunday, Nov. 19, seasoned runners and first-timers alike will hit the city streets for a series of races.

2 years ago

File photo: Oakland Athletics' Paul Blackburn pitches against the San Francisco Giants below signs hanging in right field protesting the team's potential move to Las Vegas and to call for management to sell the team during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023.
Community

The Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas has been approved by MLB owners, AP sources say

While San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose is the 10th-largest television market in the U.S., Las Vegas is the 40th.

2 years ago

President Joe Biden greets China's President President Xi Jinping at the Filoli Estate in Woodside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov, 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative conference.
Politics & Policy

Biden-Xi meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain

Xi declared that "Planet Earth is big enough for the two countries to succeed.” Biden said the talks were constructive.

2 years ago

An illustration of the Mariner East II pipeline running across PA with drilling fluid leaks creating a dollar sign.
Community
Spotlight PA

Companies behind Mariner East II pipeline paid $42 million in pollution fines to Pennsylvania

$10 million of that total comes from a plea deal the state attorney general’s office brokered with Energy Transfer, but little has gone toward residents directly affected.

2 years ago

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